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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1990

FOUR

COMPONENTS

ACCOUNTED

THESE

TOGETHER

FOR ABOUT QUARTERS OF THE OVERALL INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) AND ABOUT 70 PER OF THE INCREASE IN THE CPI(B).

THREE

CENT

MEALS

INCREASED COMPARING AUGUST 1990 WITH JULY 1990, THE CPI(A)

PER CENT, LARGELY BECAUSE 0.3 PER CENT AND THE CPI(B), BY 0.4

OTHER IN RESTAURANTS AND HIGHER CHARGES FOR

FRUIT AND HIGHER RENTS FOR HIGHER PRICES OF FRESH HOUSING UNITS.

BY

OF

EATING PLACES, SOME PRIVATE

ENDED THE AVERAGE CPI(A) AND AVERAGE CPI(B) FOR THE 12 MONTHS

PER CENT AND AUGUST 1990, AT 137.3 AND 136.9 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 9.5

THE 12 MONTHS 9.4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ENDED AUGUST 1989.

DURING THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED AUGUST 1990, THE SEASONALLY RATE OF 0.6 ADJUSTED CPI(A) AND CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED AT AN AVERAGE PER CENT PER MONTH.

CPI(A)

AND THE AND KONG,

30 PER CENT, WHICH WERE

DERIVED

CPI(B) ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE

OF RESPECTIVELY,

FROM

THE

URBAN 1984-85

PATTERNS OF 50 PER CENT

THE

HOUSEHOLDS

IN HONG

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY.

SPENDING BETWEEN $2,000 AND AND $9,999

THE CPI(A) REFERS TO HOUSEHOLDS $6,499 A MONTH AT THAT TIME AND THE CPI(B) BETWEEN $6,500 A MONTH.

AS

THE NINE CHANGES IN THE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1990 IN RESPECT OF COMMODITY/SERVICE SECTIONS IN

PRICE INDEXES, THE TWO CONSUMER COMPARED WITH JULY 1990 AND AUGUST 1989, ARE GIVEN BELOW.

(OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 AVERAGE = 100)

CPI(A)

CPI (B)

INDEX FOR

SECTION

AUG. 90

Y CHANGE OVER JULY 90

% CHANGE OVER

AUG. 89

INDEX FOR AUG. 90

% CHANGE OVER JULY 90

* CHANGE OVER AUG. 89

FOODSTUFFS

145.2

+0.3

+9.2

147.1

+0.4

+9.7

HOUSING

133.3

+0.6

+8.9

128.7

+0.5

+9.3

FUEL AND LIGHT 104.4

+0.7

+8.9

104.3

+0.4

+8.4

ALCOHOLIC

157.5

-0.3

+18.1

158.5

-0.

3

+17.7

DRINKS

AND TOBACCO

(FOR HOME

CONSUMPTION)

CLOTHING AND

145.5

-0.4

+8.0

148.6

-0.5

+8.0

FOOTWEAR

DURABLE GOODS

125.9

-0.3

+3.

5

124.7

-0.

4

+3.3

MISCELLANEOUS

138.2

+0.6

+4.5

138.3

+0.4

+5.0

GOODS

TRANSPORT AND

156.3

+0.2

+14.2

155.9

+0.4

+14.8

VEHICLES

SERVICES

159.2

+0.9

+11.9

159.6

+0.8

+11.8

ALL ITEMS

142.9

+0.3

+9.4

142.7

+0.4

+9.6

/COMPARING AUGUST